Being an entrepreneur is hard work. Or so I’m told. I’ve never actually been an entrepreneur. From what I gather, […]
Used car values have risen dramatically in Missouri. Prices for used cars increased 25 percent in 2021 alone. Because Missouri […]
Agricultural Tax Credits Are Still a Bad Deal
Last week, Governor Parson called a special session of the Missouri Legislature to pass the “largest tax cut in state […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven, and part eight in this series here.) The concerns […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Dan Goldhaber . Dan Goldhaber is an AIR vice president and director of Analysis of Longitudinal Data […]
I know, I know, if you are like most Missourians, you’ve been talking about the commercial property surtax (or surcharge) […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, and part seven in this series here.) Our results in […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, and part six in this series here.) In the last post in […]
Positions Open The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for Fall 2022. Internships are open to current undergraduate […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five in this series here.) As earlier posts in […]
How The Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program Works
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We Gave DESE a Report Card
2020-2021 Data Now Available at MoSchoolRankings.org Missouri Has an Education Emergency Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects […]
The Post-Dispatch had a very long story about the just-finalized sale of Eureka’s (an outer suburb of St. Louis) municipal […]
In 2021, the Show-Me Institute began a new transparency project focused on whether schools in Missouri are teaching critical race […]
Last week, the Show-Me Institute kicked off a repeat of its Show-Me Curricula Project from last year. The purpose of […]
I mentioned in my recent blog post about our curricula transparency project that a significant amount of the more than […]
When I first started working on the municipal checkbook project this year, I thought that many of Missouri’s smallest cities […]
As we reboot the Show-Me Curricula Project, it’s been interesting to compare the differences in responses between last year and […]
Where Is Robertson Fire District, and Why Do They Take So Much of Hazelwood’s Tax Money?
Over the past two decades, a smoldering fire has been slowly burning in North St. Louis County. No, I’m not […]
David Stokes, Abigail Wagner and Quin Rizer join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the recent election in Missouri, price transparency at […]
